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| Nelson_Mandela 06/07/19 4:02:20 PM #284: | #130. Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Saloposter.jpg Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini Genre: Suspense/Thriller Year: 1975 Unless you're a real cinephile, you probably have only heard of Salo on lists of "the most fucked up movies ever made" or "the 10 most BANNED movies." Having seen many of those films out of morbid curiosity, I can tell you that the vast majority of them are absolutely not worth watching. Salo is a huge exception. Salo is true art made by one of the best technical directors to ever be behind a camera. To oversimplify for those who haven't heard of it, it's basically the story of a group of Italian aristocrats during World War II who kidnap teenage boys and rape, torture, and kill them in the most disturbing ways you can imagine. The symbolism is pretty overt--Salo is really a metaphor for fascist Italy and its affect on the youth of the nation. This isn't torture porn and it's not gratuitous. It's a genuine reaction Pasolini (who was assassinated right upon its release) to the evils of autocracy. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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